Students’ Writing Project in Vocational Schools in North Sulawesi: Design and Challenges

Mister Gidion Maru

2019

Abstract

Writing skill in English can bridge the making of professionalism required in work fields. This study deals with the attempts to figure out the existing condition of the development of writing skill in vocational schools, particularly tourism and hotel class. It is intended to reveal the design of students’ writing project both the form(s) and challenge(s). This study is a qualitative one. It obtains its data based upon the interview with teachers from the tourism department of three primary vocational schools in North Sulawesi representing three municipalities, namely Minahasa, Tomohon, and Manado. There are two teachers from each school and treated as respondents. These schools are selected based on the assumption that they allow more English-related subjects in the curriculum and prepare job-related skills today. The data are coded in the way of the grounded theory as it undergoes open, axial; and selective coding. The findings indicate that writing project in the vocational schools is ‘attached to the activity of tourism object presentation, destination web-design, and tour promotion. However, the practice of the writing projects is challenged by several factors such as teachers’ competence, students’ motivation, local government support, and limited collaboration and partnership. These findings recommend the importance of formulating an appropriate writing project design at Vocational school in North Sulawesi and overcoming the obstacles that affect the achieving of objectives of improving the capacity and competence of labour force in Indonesia as well as empowering human capital for sustainable 4.0 Industry.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Maru M. (2019). Students’ Writing Project in Vocational Schools in North Sulawesi: Design and Challenges. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE, ISBN 978-989-758-530-2, pages 111-116. DOI: 10.5220/0010035800002967

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icvhe19,
author={Mister Gidion Maru},
title={Students’ Writing Project in Vocational Schools in North Sulawesi: Design and Challenges},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,},
year={2019},
pages={111-116},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010035800002967},
isbn={978-989-758-530-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Vocational Higher Education - Volume 1: ICVHE,
TI - Students’ Writing Project in Vocational Schools in North Sulawesi: Design and Challenges
SN - 978-989-758-530-2
AU - Maru M.
PY - 2019
SP - 111
EP - 116
DO - 10.5220/0010035800002967